Australian metal band Universum has posted the first mix of their song "Sum Of The Universe" on their MySpace page. The track comes off their upcoming album "Mortuus Machina." The tracklisting for "Mortuus Machina" is as follows:

Adelaide's Universum is currently in the studio working on their new album, "Mortuus Machina." The new album is a follow up to their previous release "Leto Destinatus." The band is hoping to complete recording by August with mixing and mastering done by Jens Bogren (Fascination Street Studios, Sweden) scheduled for September.

The artwork for the new album was created by Seth Siro Anton, who has worked on many successful metal album covers, with bands ranging Moonspell, Exodus, Decapitated and Soilwork. You can check out the artwork here.

Universum has announced that they will be supporting the Soilwork in Adelaide on October 27th as part of the upcoming Panic Over Australia tour in October 2010. Double Dragon will be on the bill as well.

The Black Dahlia Murder and Unearth will soon be heading to Australia for a fairly extensive tour, including Perth, Adelaide and even some underage shows. Support acts have just been announced, and are available below.

Universum’s lead guitarist Michael Soininen comments: "We are all excited by how the new album is developing so far and believe that the songs have a newfound depth, both musically and lyrically. The combination of the new material, the great guest musicians Christian, Marios and Olof, along with Jens’s mixing and mastering should result in a great album."